fish meal

American  

Or fishmeal

noun

1. dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.

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Etymology

Origin of fish meal

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The fish meal used to feed farmed salmon presents further problems, as it often originates from wild-caught fish that aren't always taken at sustainable levels.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

The hundreds of millions of tons harvested annually are used almost exclusively to create that fish meal, a product that is in turn used to make feed for industrial, high-end fish farming.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024

Certain types of fish such as anchovies and herring are packed with nutrients but often used for fish meal and fish oil because these nutrients also promote fish growth.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

Prof Gröndahl also hopes that in the future algae will become a key ingredient in animal feed, to replace environmentally-damaging fish meal, which is common in pigs and poultry diets.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2023

The boys moved in and the fish meal moved out.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck